The auto industry
has taken a beating and, for the better part of the last two decades, so too
has Detroit's baseball team, but Jim Leyland's Tigers have lit up the Motor
City with their overpowering run to the World Series

Having raised their profiles in the playoffs and world championships, three members of the draft class of 2003--Carmelo Anthony, Dwyane Wade and LeBron James--are ready to lead the league into a new golden age

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> >COLLEGE FOOTBALLA broken collarbone will force running back Adrian Peterson (left) to miss therest of Oklahoma's games, but what effect will his third serious injury inthree years have on his draft status? Get a weekly rundown of which collegeplayers are making the biggest moves up and down the draft board in Risers andSliders, at SI.com/nfl.

> >COLLEGE BASKETBALLIn the first installment of SI.com's preseason campus-by-campus tour, SethDavis explains why it's safe to pencil in Pitt and senior center Aaron Gray(below) into the Elite Eight. Read more about the Panthers, and catch otherdiary entries by Davis and Luke Winn from such stops as Kansas, Memphis, UCLA,USC and Wisconsin, at SI.com/collegebasketball. Also find out which Big 12 teamis atop the men's power rankings and which ACC schools are No. 1 and No. 2 inthe women's power rankings.

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46 BON TEMPS With Drew Brees hanging tough in the pocket, the Saints' surprising roll continued on Sunday with a 27--24 win over the Eagles.

THREE PHOTOSWALTER IOOSS JR. (NBA COVERS)

SHOOTING THE TREY There are threeregional covers of the NBA's new holy trinity.

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141 GIANTS STRIDES Behind Tiki Barber, who rushed for 185 yards against the Falcons on Sunday, New York is Dr. Z's pick this Monday night, against the Cowboys.